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Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety
OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital
Jim O’Brien is the Vice President of Quality and Patient Safety at OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital. A medical intensivist by training, Jim began his career at OhioHealth in July 2012 after an academic career as a successful clinical researcher and epidemiologist, publishing more than fifty articles and chapters in peer review journals. Common themes include the effect of excess body weight on outcomes for critically ill patients, epidemiology and risk factors for sepsis and medical decision making. He currently oversees multiple quality improvement projects and is responsible for Riverside’s efforts toward patient safety, regulatory compliance and utilization management. Jim is the past chair of the Quality Improvement Committee of the American College of Chest Physicians and currently serves on a Society of Critical Care Medicine committee developing a support infrastructure for survivors of critical illness and on a Critical Care Societies Collaborative task force defining core competencies for providers of critical care services.
Jim serves as the Chair of the Board of Directors and medical advisor to Sepsis Alliance – a not-for-profit organization dedicated to raising awareness of sepsis by educating patients, families and healthcare professionals to treat sepsis as a medical emergency. Jim is also co-founder of Spike Out Sepsis, an annual sand volleyball tournament to benefit Sepsis Alliance, which will hold its eighth event on June 25, 2016.